Spanish; CastilianPresidents need to craft political support push through policy changes. But even when new policies are socially desirable, they not always politically feasible. This article shows that in resource-rich countries, presidents can use windfall revenues obtain for their agenda. Using Ecuador as a case study, I show oil and president-led changes have the same long-run trends (i.e. ...

The 2010 Deepwater Horizon (DWH) disaster led to extensive oil deposition in Louisiana’s coastal wetlands, followed two years later by Hurricane Isaac. These disturbances changes saltmarsh invertebrate communities, potentially affecting higher-level predators and the food web. Seaside Sparrows ( Ammospiza maritima ) are ubiquitous, year-round residents of affected DWH spill, where they consume ...

ABSTRACT Marine oil spill incidents create concerns about human health risks, particularly in nearshore locations such as beaches used for recreation. To improve the timeliness of risk estimates during an spill, we need to expand modelling capacity chemicals (OSCs) from predictions chemical bulk measurements Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH) individual concentrations more toxic Polycyclic Arom...